Inverse Karma

I woke up today excited, for today I would make it to the first day show of the most anticipated, much hyped movie of the year 2009 – Terminator Salvation. I have been a great admirer of the Terminator franchise. And I have seen the first three installments a few times. I would rate the second part as the best ever in the series, through the first part almost made it too. T3 though was a bit of a disaster and that made my hopes rise for the 4th part. And to add to all that, Christian Bale is donning the role of John Connor and with him is Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright. Bale, fresh from the stupendous performance in Dark Knight, has done justice to his role. John Connor is no more a teen running from the machines sent to kill him; he is more matured and is heading the revolution against the machines. And Bale has performed extremely well. His body language and dialogue delivery are good. And Sam has given him good support. Sam, playing the role of Marcus Wright, is a prisoner who agrees to give his body for research work after his death sentence. That was way back in 2001 and suddenly we enter the world as it was in 2018, when the war is at its peak between Skynet and the Human resistance.

Caution – Contains spoilers!
Hari has done it again.. He’s included the whole plot!

During a mission by the Resistance against the Skynet base led by John Connor, John discovers human prisoners and the plans for the development of a new type of Terminator incorporating living tissue, but he is the only apparent survivor of the attack after the base is destroyed in a nuclear explosion. But suddenly Marcus emerges from the wreckage of the base and makes his way towards LA. He has no idea of the ongoing war and that the machines have taken over Earth. Meanwhile, the Resistance has discovered a radio frequency capable of shutting down Skynet machines. They plan to launch an offensive against the Skynet base. John Connor and Marcus Wright meet each other and some unexpected turn of events take place. Connor is suspicious if Wright is really a human or some machine set up by Skynet to infiltrate the human base. John also learns that Kyle Reese (Yelchin) is held hostage by Skynet. Marcus offers help to save Kyle and both are off for a final assault on the Skynet base.

There are some twists and turns towards the climax. We also see Arnie emerging for a short fight sequence with John. It’s CGI though and we hardly needed it in the movie. All the action sequences and special effects used deserve a hats off! It is a completely entertaining movie when it comes to action. But the plot has some holes and at times I was confused with what actually the director is trying to say.

The movie moves at a good pace but it is not as gripping as the first two editions. May be it is no more a chase between terminators and Connor. But the movie has its moments. This installment is much better than the third but not on par with the first two.

The Verdict: A good action entertainer!

My Rating:  

IMDB: Terminator Salvation (2009)
Language: English
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Cast: Christian Bale (John Connor), Sam Worthington (Marcus Wright), Moon Bloodgood (Blair Williams), Helena Bonham Carter (Dr. Serena Kogan)

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